Thursday, November 04, 2004
After 25-year absence, movies will return to Arlee in downtown Mason City
From the Lincoln Courier (IL)
Movies have returned to the Arlee Theater for the first time in nearly 25 years, beginning Friday with the 2003 production of "Peter Pan," starring Jason Isaacs and Jeremy Sumpter.
"This will be a big weekend for us, because, in addition to showing our first movie on a new big screen Friday, we will have nationally known comedian Royce Elliott here for a live show Saturday night," said John Maxson of the Arlee.
Elliott - dubbed America's funniest clean comedian - has left his audiences sore from laughing, from Bally's in Las Vegas to Harrah's in Atlantic City to Mickey Gilley's in Branson, Mo. He will appear with fellow funny man Mike Dentino and gifted country music impressionist Bobby Mack and his band.
The Arlee has morphed into a combination of its predecessors. From 1936 until about 1979, moving pictures flashed across the Arlee's big screen. For a few years, it was used for community theater, and then for 16 years it showcase live country music performances as the Nashville Sound Country Opry.
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Lincoln Courier
Movies have returned to the Arlee Theater for the first time in nearly 25 years, beginning Friday with the 2003 production of "Peter Pan," starring Jason Isaacs and Jeremy Sumpter.
"This will be a big weekend for us, because, in addition to showing our first movie on a new big screen Friday, we will have nationally known comedian Royce Elliott here for a live show Saturday night," said John Maxson of the Arlee.
Elliott - dubbed America's funniest clean comedian - has left his audiences sore from laughing, from Bally's in Las Vegas to Harrah's in Atlantic City to Mickey Gilley's in Branson, Mo. He will appear with fellow funny man Mike Dentino and gifted country music impressionist Bobby Mack and his band.
The Arlee has morphed into a combination of its predecessors. From 1936 until about 1979, moving pictures flashed across the Arlee's big screen. For a few years, it was used for community theater, and then for 16 years it showcase live country music performances as the Nashville Sound Country Opry.
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Lincoln Courier
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